"You, you pinched me." Lonely Ruyan said softly as he watched the guard walk away.
"What?" Li Ming then noticed that in order to avoid the guards just now, he had unknowingly held the hand of Yan Mei beauty all the way back until he hid in the grass...
He completely forgot that the two people's hands are still holding each other tightly...
"I'm sorry." Li Ming quickly let go of his hand, his face burning.
Lonely as smoke, her jade face turned red for a while, but she still showed a sweet smile...
call out!
At this moment, the Death Shadow Guard squatting in the grass behind them suddenly shot an arrow into the sky. The arrow quickly flew into the night sky and turned into a starlight that flashed away.
At the same time, in every corner of the manor and in the sky above the palaces, streaks of starlight appeared in unison, and disappeared immediately after a second!
"The witch didn't lie, these are the ways for the shadow guards to inform each other!" Lonely Ruyan's beautiful eyes widened as she watched.
"It is indeed a double defense. Those starlights just now at least told us the general location of the shadow guards." Li Ming's heart was also tight.
The shadow guards just informed each other of news, which gave him a rough idea of the number of secret sentries in the manor, which was a big number!
"The witch has started to take action. It turns out that she is also waiting for the shadow guards to report to each other!" Lonely Ruyan looked into the air in surprise and saw a black shadow shaking rapidly above the palace, flying quickly from one palace top to another.
The palace, the faint black shadow fleetingly disappears...
The witch has already started taking action and is clearing out the secret whistles hidden in the dark.
However, Li Ming discovered that in the distance on the left side of the garden, a faint black shadow suddenly jumped down from a big tree, rushed forward for more than ten meters, and then disappeared into a dense patch of flowers. It seemed that someone was acting secretly.
!
No, there are still players coming to explore the manor so late?
He originally thought that other players had come here, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that the height of the black shadow did not look like that of the players, because the players were not as tall as the NPCs.
NPCs in the spirit world are often over two meters tall. Even the witches and saints, including the female NPCs he has seen such as Princess Ning Xin and the maids, are all over 2 meters tall.
That black shadow just now seems to be an NPC too?
"Be careful, someone is acting near us. It seems to be an NPC. I don't know what it is specifically." Li Ming quickly reminded in a low voice.
"What, is there anyone else taking action?" Lonely Ruyan asked in surprise.
"Let's stay still and figure out the situation before we talk." Li Ming said softly.
The sudden unexpected situation forced him to stay where he was, hiding in the grass and waiting secretly.
Less than half a minute passed, and a surprising situation occurred again.
In the patch of flowers that had already calmed down, a dark shadow suddenly flashed, and a strong black figure swooped down, rolled rapidly underground, and disappeared in an instant among the dense vegetation more than ten meters away!
"I saw it, he moved so fast!" Lonely Ruyan exclaimed in a low voice.
"Have you seen it clearly? Is it an NPC or a player?" Li Ming's eyes were slightly confused, and he just saw a blurry black shadow fleeting.
"Look clearly, it's an NPC, and he's also a man. He doesn't look like an enemy." Lonely Ruyan recalled with a frown.
"What, you can still tell the difference between men and women?" Li Ming is indeed ashamed of himself in terms of eyesight. He is a little short-sighted.
"It can be seen from the movements that he is definitely a man, and the name on his head seems to be blue. The red flowers in the flowers at that time can be seen clearly. He should be a neutral NPC." Lonely Ruyan analyzed.
"Neutral NPC...why is he here? Who is he?" Li Ming was completely stunned.
Could it be that because he came to explore the manor, he accidentally triggered the hidden plot of the system?
Is the existence of this neutral NPC very critical to this mission?
According to his mission experience, there are indeed such randomly triggered plot clues in the spirit world. When players perform a mission, they may find the appearance of another NPC that has nothing to do with their mission.
But this NPC will never appear by chance. He must have a special mission clue...
"The witch is back, should we go there?" Lonely Ruyan suddenly reminded her.
At this time, perhaps the witch had cleared away the secret whistle, and turned into a black shadow again and landed on the side of the arch. She was looking left and right curiously, as if she was looking for the whereabouts of the two people.
But the next second, the witch had quickly locked Li Ming's position, looked at them, and waved her arms to signal them to come over.
After all, there is a contract between the two, and no matter where Li Ming is, the witch can always find him immediately.
"Don't worry yet. As long as we rush out of the grass, we will definitely alert the black figure. We will wait until we find out his identity." Li Ming shook his head and said.
The two of them continued to hide in the grass. When the witch saw that they did not appear, she stayed there and continued to wait...
Within half a minute, the black figure started to move again, quickly stood up from the flowers, a leaping figure flew more than ten meters away, rushed straight towards the garden, and had already rushed into the garden path!
"Damn it, this guy doesn't know the existence of the secret whistle. Sooner or later something will happen if he runs like this!" Li Ming was startled and had already seen the tall and thin figure coming towards him.
Fortunately, the secret whistle here has been cleared by the witch in advance. If he had acted like he did, the secret whistle would have been discovered long ago...
The other party has no idea about the danger here and is just avoiding the patrol. It can be seen that the other party is exploring here for the first time and they are friends rather than enemies.
As the black shadow rushed along the garden path, obviously heading towards the corridor, and the distance between him got closer and closer, Li Ming's eyes lit up...
Because, he has recognized this guy's identity, and he looks a little familiar!
"This is not that person..." Lonely Ruyan also recognized the other party's identity.
"It's good that he's here. I'll meet him later. Don't scare him away." Li Ming said excitedly.
"Okay." Lonely Ruyan smiled and nodded.
Li Ming quickly exhaled the package. To be on the safe side, he immediately took out a prop. Only by using it would the black shadow eliminate the misunderstanding.
Seeing the black shadow running wildly, the speed was as fast as a string of afterimages flashing, and soon rushed through the winding path of tens of meters, almost approaching the hiding place of the two people.
The witch in the distance seemed to be alert to the appearance of this black shadow, and it immediately turned into black smoke and dissipated in the air, temporarily hiding it.
"He's coming, get ready," Lonely Ruyan reminded excitedly.
Li Ming held the prop and watched the other party getting closer and closer. He quickly stood up and rushed out from the dense flowers and grass. He stood in the middle of the cobblestone garden path and looked at the approaching black figure...